Where has Chris Rattue gone? Has the Herald pulled him because he was getting too bitter and twisted? Or is he waiting for G Henry to lose before he makes a return to print? Pity about the "world's best coach" and his team losing to Wales (how many times have they beaten NZ in the last century?).

I didn't see all the games however, from what I did see, I'd say that Muliaina, Nonu, Kahui and Kaino had great tours. Thorn too. Donald's was mixed which makes Carter's sabattical all the more challenging.

Interesting that the second graphic Haydn posted showed it was the damned Aussies that let the South down by losing to the Welsh. I'll make sure I let them know.

It just feels a bit flat to me. Where's the fun in going over and bullying the home nations into another grand slam - didn't we just DO one of them in 2005?

I guess it's not our fault the home nations are a bit crap at the moment, but is the grand slam going to become another meaningless IVECO series? The brght spot was the Munster game for sure, but we all know how often international sides play provinical sides these days...

'Flat' is the type of wickets we'll need to keep preparing in NZ to win over the next couple of years.

On a side tangent, does anyone know why our first class games are 4 days? It seems obvious to me that part of the reason that our batsman aren't any good at batting for more than a day is that our domestic cricket has a structure which discourages it. Particularly given that more often than not you're going to lose some time to weather in NZ.

The whole tour suffered from the lack of clarity around the interpretation of breakdown laws.

They’re far too open for interpretation and as a consequence its allowing referee's to dictate the fortunes of a rugby game.

If the All Blacks had been allowed to play the game at their pace it would have been a total blow out.

Interesting seeing Henry’s comments about how he thought this year’s team is better than last! Which to be honest I agree with. No Luke McCalister for a start. We can all but hope that pretty face doesn’t get muddied by lush kiwi grass again…..

Chris Rattue is back in NZ Herald this morning! And Robbie Deans is easily best coach of the year!!! No mention of the loss to Wales in the weekend. He's STILL very bitter about the loss at the World Cup.

The 2007 All Black World Cup project remains and will always remain a colossal disaster, a master class in false thinking unless the deal was to promote Corsica as a lovely place to top off a restful year. The foolhardy planners should have been given the axe in favour of the remarkable Deans, and nothing will ever change that.

Look, I'm from Canterbury. I love Robbie Deans (though I don't think he is nearly as pretty as Chris seems to). My point is, all this happened a year ago, and maybe now would be time to get over it?

I don't think, as per the column, anyone described the RWC as 'a learning experience' at the time. I remember the word 'gutted' being bandied about ad nauseum. But surely it is a good thing they are now admitting they made mistakes and are learning from them?